Endangered Species Act
The Washington Department of Natural Resources Aquatics Program is in the process of developing a habitat conservation plan (HCP) for all state-owned aquatic lands for coverage under the Endangered...
View ArticleFloating Homes Appraisals
This article is revised and updated from one that appeared in the Winter 2006 newsletter. If you will recall, Mike Ryherd, our Floating Homes Association lobbyist, Melissa Ahlers (FHA Board), and I...
View ArticleLakefish Houseboat Permit: Update
After appealing the decision denying a building permit for the houseboat proposed by Mark and Heather Lakefish, as reported in the last issue of the Newsletter (see Puzzling Permit Decision), the...
View ArticleAre We Marinas?
We are now halfway through the Legislative session and everything seems to be going well in Olympia, although we had a bit of a scare on PSSB 5255/PSHB 1077 a few days ago. The short version is that...
View ArticleFHA Search For New Lobbyist
It is with much regret that I have to report that Mike Ryherd, the Floating Homes Association's lobbyist for over 20 years retired at the end of the 2009 legislative session. Mike has been such a...
View ArticleNew FHA Lobbyist
When our lobbyist, Mike Ryherd, retired last summer the search was on for a replacement. We knew this would be a difficult task given Mike's long history advocating for the houseboat community but,...
View ArticleLawmakers Hear About Floating Homes
See related New FHA Lobbyist. The 2010 Regular Legislative Session concluded on March 11. Unfinished work, however, necessitated a week long Special Session, which began on March 15. read more
View ArticleLegislative Committee Update
Our Committee is gearing up for the next legislative session, which starts on the second Monday of January 2011. We have renewed the contract with our lobbyist, Nick Federici, and had a very...
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